12/19/08

Friday afternoon Botanical Garden

Salvia wagneriana is a massive shrub with a winter inflorescence.

As a gardener of small spaces I'm always trying to intergrade plants. I rather like the forced association of aloe and leucadendron.

Australian Banksia do very well here, but they are still not yet widely available. I tried to grow some from seed once, but failed. That was a long time ago when I was just a novice. Maybe it's time to try again.

..."I rather like the forced association of aloe and leucadendron" me too! I just realized why I always enjoy your pictures so much-your eye seems drawn to the same things mine would be. I like how the plant name pops up when I move my mouse over the image...I need to figure out how to do that. And the chorisia! Spines and thorns are the shit, IMO.